Michigan
August 8, 2017
Michigan announces concussion numbers from 2016-17 school year
From the MHSAA The Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) has completed its second year of collecting head injury reports from member schools as it continues to build data that will assist in identifying trends and progress being made t...
April 26, 2017
Michigan HS ‘Coach of the Year’ resigns over parents
A Michigan high school basketball coach, who earlier this year was named best coach in his class, has resigned. And he calls parents the No. 1 reason for his departure. Clayton Castor was the boys basketball coach at Gladstone High School, and las...
January 4, 2017
Petition asks Michigan association for competitive balance
A former Michigan prep football coach has started a petition asking the state's athletic association to consider measures that would create more competitive balance between public and private schools. The effort was started by Chad Phillips who, ...
October 5, 2016
Michigan prep tennis player awarded $30K in bullying lawsuit
A Michigan high school tennis player who claimed administrators ignored her complaints over bullying has been awarded a $30,000 settlement. Carly Pratt, a tennis star at Portage Central High School, filed a lawsuit against the school more than a ...
September 16, 2016
Michigan prep conference asks fans to stop chanting ‘USA’
A conference comprising 50 Michigan high schools issued a directive this week that fans refrain from chanting 'USA' during games. According to MLive.com, an email was sent to Grand Rapids administrators earlier this week informing them of the d...
September 13, 2016
Michigan announces concussion report findings for prep athletes
The Michigan High School Athletic Association has completed an unprecedented yearlong collection of head injury reports from its member schools, mandated in 2015-16 for the first time as part of an effort to identify and reduce the incidence of those...
July 22, 2016
Study: Limits on football practice contact making a big difference
Limiting contact during high school football practices was undoubtedly going to reduce head-impact exposure for athletes, but we were unsure just how much. Now, we finally have an idea. [caption id="attachment_14682" align="alignright" width="...
July 6, 2016
Michigan prep sports participation increases for first time in five years
From the MHSAA Despite another slight decline in enrollment at Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) member high schools for the 2015-16 school year, participation in sports rose for the first time since 2010-11 as a total of 284,227 p...
Many school emergency plans in operation today are put in place with the understanding that the school day is in session and that all school-certificated and classified staff are on site.
Installing a preseason emergency response plan
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All public and private schools have an emergency response plan that al...